Publisher's Synopsis
What are the chances for the survival of a viable form of democracy in South Africa? In this volume, the authors identify and open to debate the complexities of success in the process of consolidating democracy. The authors argue that if the political institutions of the new South Africa are to survive the inevitable stresses of the future, South African leaders and decision-makers will have to deepen their understanding of the forces and factors on which the survival of democracy depends.;The contributors are: David Welsh, Raymond Parsons, Servas van der Berg, Krige Siebrits, Samuel P. Huntington, Francisco C. Weffort, Larry Diamond, Baldwin S. Ngubane, and Mosebjane Malatsi.
